TermGL

A terminal-based graphics library for 2D and 3D graphics.

Features:

• Windows & *NIX support
• C99 compliant without external dependencies
• Custom vertex and pixel shaders
• Affine texture mapping
• 24 bit RGB
• Indexed color mode: 16 Background colors, 16 foreground colors, bold and underline
• Non-blocking input from terminal
• Mouse tracking

Installation

Package can be found on PyPI and can be installed using pip:

pip install termgl

Documentation

The best way to learn to use TermGL is to read the tutorial here.

Additionally, documentation of all public members of TermGL can be found here.

Demo

A variety of demos can be found in the demo directory. To run the demo utility, simply python demo.

Available demos and TermGL features used:

1. Utah Teapot
   Renders a rotating 3D Utah Teapot.
   • Backface culling
   • Z buffering
   • Double-width characters
   • 3D rendering
   • Custom shaders
2. Color Palette
   Renders a palette of various text colors and styles.
   • Colors & Modifiers
3. Mandelbrot
   Renders an infinitely zooming-in Mandelbrot set.
   • Point rendering
4. Realtime Keyboard
   Displays keyboard input in realtime.
   • Text rendering
   • Realtime keyboard input
5. Textured Cube
   Renders a texture-mapped cube.
   • Backface culling
   • Z buffering
   • Double-width characters
   • 3D rendering
   • Shaders
   • Texture mapping
6. RGB
   Renders overlapping red, green, and blue circles.
   • 24 bit RGB
   • Text rendering
7. Mouse
   Displays mouse position and button state.
   • Mouse tracking
   • Text rendering

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